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Enter LEONATO
withDOGBERRY and VERGES
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LEONATO enters
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LEONATO
What would you with me, honest neighbor?
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LEONATO
What do you want from me, my good man?
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DOGBERRY
Marry, sir, I would have some confidence with you that
decerns you nearly.
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DOGBERRY
Please, sir, I would like to discuss some news that decerns you greatly.
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LEONATO
Brief, I pray you, for you see it is a busy time with me.
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LEONATO
Be brief, please, because, as you can see, this is a busy time for
me.
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DOGBERRY
Marry, this it is, sir.
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DOGBERRY
Indeed, sir, it is.
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VERGES
Yes, in truth it is, sir.
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VERGES
Yes, it truly is.
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LEONATO
What is it, my good friends?
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LEONATO
What’s the news, my good friends?
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DOGBERRY
Goodman Verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter. An old
man, sir, and his wits are not so blunt as, God help, I would
desire they were, but, in faith, honest as the skin between
his brows.
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DOGBERRY
Sorry, sir, Goodman Verges tends to ramble. He’s an old
man, sir, and his wits are not as blunt as I wish they were. But truly, he’s as honest as
the skin between his brows.
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VERGES
Yes, I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an
old man and no honester than I.
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VERGES
Yes, I thank God that I am as honest as all the other old men who
are not honester than me.
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DOGBERRY
Comparisons are odorous. Palabras,
neighbor Verges.
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DOGBERRY
Making comparisons is odorous, Verges. Get on with your story.
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LEONATO
Neighbors, you are tedious.
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LEONATO
Friends, you are becoming tedious.
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DOGBERRY
It pleases your Worship to say so, but we are the poor
duke’s
officers. But truly, for mine own part, if I were as tedious as
a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your
worship.
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DOGBERRY
Thank you for saying that, your Worship, but we’re just
the poor duke’s officers. But truly, if I were as tedious as a king, I would give everything to you, your
Worship.
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